Domain name owners benefit when their Whois records are publicly available. The world's largest domain name registrar is going to keep publishing Whois data for the bulk of its customers despite GDPR. This is good news for many people who rely on the ... Continue Reading3 Comments
GoDaddy will continue publishing most domain owner data
· Domain RegistrarsRegistrar is more selective about which Whois records will be redacted in wake of GDPR. With the GDPR deadline quickly approaching, the world's largest domain name registrar has been mostly silent on its plans. Over the past week, I connected with ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Domainers: What you need to do NOW to prepare for GDPR
· Policy & LawTake these steps to avoid headaches later. The deadline to comply with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is quickly approaching. Domain name registrars are announcing changes and implementing them within the next few weeks. Here's ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Security vs. Privacy with GDPR
· Policy & LawThere's a real security issue with ditching public Whois. Do the benefits outweigh the costs? I've written a lot about GDPR and how the domain registrar/registry ecosystem is responding to it. Privacy advocates are using this as an opportunity to push ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Privacy advocates want Whois private by default. It shouldn’t be.
· Policy & LawLike many other public databases, Whois serves a vital public interest. It shouldn't be private by default. It's becoming increasingly clear that privacy advocates are using GDPR as an opportunity to demand privacy for all domain name registrants. They ... Continue Reading18 Comments
I just fixed Whois and GDPR
· Policy & LawIt's really quite simple. So ICANN has received guidance from the Article 29 Working Party in Europe about ICANN's proposed Whois model to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). I'd summarize it as: nice try, but we are your ... Continue Reading20 Comments
Afilias hits pause button on Whois plans
· Policy & LawCompany backtracks on plans to redact Whois...for now. Two days after informing registrars that it planned to redact almost all information from Whois records to comply with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Afilias has put its plans ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GDPR will make domain name transfers more difficult
· Policy & LawLack of contact details in public Whois could thwart inter-registrar domain transfers. A few Domain Name Wire readers have asked how domain name transfers will work if domain registrars and registries eliminate contact details from Whois in response to ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Whois GDPR carnage continues: Afilias to ditch almost all data in Whois on millions of domains
· Policy & LawAfilias will stop showing contact info and ownership data on millions of domains including .info, .mobi and more. Please see update Much of the focus of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as it relates to Whois has been on registrars. But ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Whois and GDPR with Tim Chen – DNW Podcast #179
· PodcastsWhat happens if Whois, which is often used to hunt down bad guys, goes dark? Security companies and brands rely on Whois records in order to quickly identify and mitigate all sorts of bad behavior: phishing, counterfeiting, fraud, spam, DDoS and more. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment